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#21 HVB

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Posted 06 October 2017 - 09:18 AM

so this worked pretty much perfect.  while mashing the first batch I heated up as much water as i could fit in my cube cooler to about 140-150F.  After this I drained my first batch into the now empty kettle and then put the remainder of my 2nd batch strike water in my 5 gal kettle and brought this up to a boil.  mixed them together in the mash tun when the first batch was done draining and I was pretty close to where I needed the strike water to be.  :cheers:

Awesome, glad it worked.  I am not sure I will ever take on a double brewday, just too much to do!



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Posted 06 October 2017 - 09:25 AM

Awesome, glad it worked. I am not sure I will ever take on a double brewday, just too much to do!


In the old days I would have every single thing premeasured out and sanitized. Now I do it on the fly. Today I should have premeasured and sanitized. If I had done this I don't think it would have been so bad.

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Posted 06 October 2017 - 09:29 AM

In the old days I would have every single thing premeasured out and sanitized. Now I do it on the fly. Today I should have premeasured and sanitized. If I had done this I don't think it would have been so bad.

I have to take my last statement back.  Since you posted this I have been thinking how I could make it work.  I have identical kettles for my HLT and BK and have BIAB bags for both so I guess I could stagger a mash and use the HLT for the second and keep the temp up with the RIMS if needed.  Once the first batch is done I would just have to pump the mash over to the BK and boil it off.

 

Like you have mentioned I think getting all the ingredients and additions set out ahead of time would be needed to keep my sanity.



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Posted 06 October 2017 - 09:33 AM

Yep. It can be done. Now I won't have to brew for a while which is good because I probably won't have time!

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Posted 08 October 2017 - 02:26 AM

Woah, Ripa is really cranking hard. I actually had to change the airlock.

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Posted 08 October 2017 - 03:33 PM

I did a double yesterday.    Started at 6 am and done at 1:30 pm.   It was busy, but went well:  no major FUBARs.   Both beers are bubbling away nicely today and should be ready to spund tomorrow. 



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Posted 14 October 2017 - 09:09 AM

both beers fermented out to 1.012 despite being quite different.  one was denny's ripa with 2.5lbs of crystal and an OG of 1.068.  the other was an oatmeal pale ale with 1lb of caravienne and an OG of 1.052.  interesting how the same yeast (1450) took both of these beers to the same place.



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Posted 14 October 2017 - 11:28 AM

that's strange



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Posted 14 October 2017 - 11:33 AM

that's strange

 

they were under pretty much the exact same conditions otherwise.  same yeast and amount of yeast, same amount of O2 added in, same ferm chamber.  but I really would have thought the extra crystal and OG of the ripa would have kept it a little higher all things considered.



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Posted 14 October 2017 - 11:53 AM

Any difference in mash temps between the two recipes?



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Posted 14 October 2017 - 12:00 PM

gravity checked by hydrometer, right?



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Posted 14 October 2017 - 12:19 PM

Any difference in mash temps between the two recipes?

 

not much.  RIPA was 153F, pale ale was 154F.

 

gravity checked by hydrometer, right?

 

yeup.  same hydrometer and both samples pulled at the same time.



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Posted 14 October 2017 - 12:34 PM

not much.  RIPA was 153F, pale ale was 154F.

 

 

yeup.  same hydrometer and both samples pulled at the same time.

you sure the pale ale was all done?



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Posted 14 October 2017 - 12:46 PM

you sure the pale ale was all done?

 

yeah.  been over a week now and it's been at 70F for a few days.  I've been having to run to the heater to keep it there.



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Posted 14 October 2017 - 12:55 PM

yeah.  been over a week now and it's been at 70F for a few days.  I've been having to run to the heater to keep it there.

a conundrum, but,  it'll make beer

 

honesty I'm more surprised by the RIPA gravity than the pale gravity, the pale seems pretty typical ,but the RIPA seems, a bit low



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Posted 14 October 2017 - 01:29 PM

a conundrum, but, it'll make beer

honesty I'm more surprised by the RIPA gravity than the pale gravity, the pale seems pretty typical ,but the RIPA seems, a bit low


It is a distinct possibility I made an error and only put 1.5 lbs of crystal in. I was short one pound of grain and I couldn't be sure what I had left out so I went for adding another pound of 2-row.


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